Thread: Climbing or No?
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Re: Climbing or No?

If you don't think that a majority of teams will be climbing consistently that makes it an even better goal to strive for. Think about it from a game theory perspective. If 50%+ of teams are climbing consistently at an event then you probably won't get picked for eliminations without climbing. Making climbing a necessary condition. If 20%- of teams are climbing consistently, and you can climb consistently, you almost certainly will be picked for eliminations. Making climbing a sufficient condition. (Even if you don't have a simple static gear scoring when you arrive, there will likely be teams willing to hack one together.) Even the absolute best fuel gathering and scoring teams will struggle to exceed 50 points in fuel in a match on their own. I don't believe there will many teams capable of getting 40 (going to 60 with the bonus) fuel points on their own but are unable to climb.
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